Elastic textile fabric



A. VAMOS ELASTIC TEXTILE FABRIC Filed Aug. 27, '1937 INVENTOR- fl/fred l amos BY -MIL I A NE.

Patented Dec. 26,- 193.9

UNITED STATES PAT ETOFFlCE.

2,184,772 ELASTIC TEXTILE FABRIC Alfred Vamos, New York, N. Y.

Application August 27, 1937, Serial No. 161,173

.1 Claim.

This invention relates totextile material or textile fabric.

. As is well known, textile material made from cotton, wool or other yarn has a limited amount of stretch, particularly when the material is pulled on a bias. However, when thematerial has been stretched it will not return to its original shape and size since the material has no inherent elasticity.

10 It is very desirable to provide for a limited amount of stretch in textile fabrics used for shoes or like articles so that the fabric will fit snugly over the foot, as for instance, over .the instep. This, however, has not been possible with. the

15 usual or ordinary textile fabrics since such fabric after being stretched and held in stretched condition will not return to its original size and will become warped or loose..

This invention has for its salient object to pro- 20 vide an elastic textile fabric so constructed and constituted that the material may be stretched, but will return to its original form and shape and will retain its elasticity.

Further objects of the invention will appear 25 from the following specification taken in connection with the drawing which forms a part of this application, andin which Fig. 1.is a plan view of a textile fabric woven with elastic yarn so that it can be stretched; Fig. 2 is a plan view of an ordinary piece of textile woven material or fabric; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of laminated textile 40 A, B. The elastic weft threads ll return the material to its original dimensions after it has been stretched.

Fig. 2 shows a piece of textile fabric l of ordinary or usual textile material, such for in- 5 stance, as gabardine. Itwill be noted that this material is cut on a bias and it can be stretched in the direction indicated by the arrows C, D, but. since this material has no inherent elasticity it will not return to its original dimensions or to the original size and shape thereof after it has been held in stretched position.

In Fig. 3 there is shown a piece iii of laminated 5 textile material comprising the layer ID of elastic fabric, the layer I5 of biased textile fabric and an intermediate layer v2|) of elastic-or rubber cement by which the two outer layers are laminated, thus forming a laminated fabric. The laminated fabric Hi can be stretched in the direction indicated by the arrows E, F. This stretching is permitted due to the fabric I5 being arranged on a bias and the cementing of the elastic fabric I0 thereto in such a relation to the biased fabric that the direction of stretching permitted in the biased fabric will coincide with the direction of stretch permitted in the elastic fabric l0.

. Since the elastic fabric is cemented to the biased fabric by an elastic cement, the laminated fabric will return to its original size and shape after its stretching, due to the elasticity of the fabric l0.

Although one specific embodiment of the invention has been particularly shown -and de-- scribed, it will be understood that the invention is capable of modification and that changes in the construction and in the arrangement of the various cooperating parts may be made without departing from the spirit or scope .of the invention, as expressed in the following claim.

What I claim is:

A laminated elastic textile fabric comprising a layer of woven textile material having substantially no stretch in a direction parallel to the warp threads or in a direction parallel to the weft threads, and a layer of woven elastic textile fabric having parallel elastic threads extending in one direction and stretchable in said direction, but non-stretchable in a direction at right angles thereto, the layer of woven textile material being disposed on a bias relative to the lineof stretch of the woven elastic textile fabric, and an elastic cement binding said layers together.

ALFRED VAMOS. 

